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1. the Christmas star gift reveals Jeanette's strength and appreciation for longing for safety and it has revealed to me that the love of her wrong father.

6. the significant event that occurs in my reading was when Rex was teaching Jeannette how to swim. I think the author was telling us how a dad is showing their kids to learn something without doing it correctly.

9. yes, rex behavior remains always wrong.

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Choose three (3) Formalist Lens Questions to respond to. Your responses should thoroughly respond to the prompt in at least three sentences.

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Find a quote in this chunk that stood out to you. Please also include a picture or GIF to further describe this quote.

Give context for your quote. What was happening in the story that made this quote significant? Who was speaking?

Why did this quote stand out to you?

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Choose: one (1) of the motifs and respond in at least four (4) sentences about how this motif is prevalent in this section.

Family

Home

Poverty

Resilience

Responsibility, Self Sufficiency,

Non Conformity

Other

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In what ways was this chunk a window or a mirror? Use the following questions to guide your response, but really we want to hear your personal thoughts and reactions to this chunk! Respond with at least four (4) sentences.

What experiences do you share with the characters?

In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book?

What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced?

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"we didn't have many toys, but you didn't need toys in a place like battle mountain".

Something that was happening in the story that made this quote significant was when they didn't have so many toys at their ages.

Jeanette was the one speaking.

this quote stood out to me because many kids like Jeannette and her siblings also didn't have toys.

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unstableness because moving is common in these pages. the family often runs from problems. This hurts kids'school and friends. their homes are never safe or stable.

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those pages were mostly a window into a very different, challenging childhood.

the experience I share with the characters are I know wanting things to stay the same and feeling down by parents. my family is different because we are safer and planned more. I learned from group of people that I have not personally experience was how strong kids can be when life is very hard.